Koifishgirl: Do post your questions. There are several on this board with experience breeding koi, and DickB is on the board nearly every day. One word of advice about him ....Dick: Close your eyes .... he is so polite that even if you ask for criticism it is given with the subtlety of the Japanese. I could tell a story, but it would be too embarassing to me to show how dull-witted I can be. ..... O.K., Dick, you can open your eyes now.
BTW, Just finished a Rinko from 1993 where Masamoto Kataoka wrote a step-by-step article on breeding ... down to spreading 200 grams of slaked lime per square yard of pond bottom to rid it of parasites etc in preparation for filling with water for housing new fry. A ton of info in 6 pages. Wonder where I got that magazine ....ummmmmmm.